Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #542 from Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864

County Dorchester
Page 36
Date Manumission Certificate Issued 10/5/1830
Name Negro Calla
Height 5' 11 1/8"
Complexion chestnut color
Other Descriptors small scar on right arm
Freedom Information and Age Raised in Do Cty by Richard Pattison; manumitted by him on 3/28/1805; to be free on 1/1/1817. Age abt 34 yrs, granted on information of Thomas Hooper.

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